I’ve figured out the pattern that Peter Jackson is following. He is taking all the heroic characters from Lord of the Rings and altering their personalities in one
I’ve finally gotten The Two Towers started, meaning I’m one third of my way through this waking nightmare. Truthfully, I love the opening scene. I love how we
So Sam is drowning, several feet under the water, maybe even yards. In slow motion of course. It’s a scene we’ve seen a thousand times before. And then
Boromir tries to take the ring, and Frodo puts it on to escape. I mention this now, because it becomes important later. Minutes Watched: 3:01.25 Number of Montages:
I never liked the scene with the crumbling bridge, and them having to jump over. It seems a bit hackneyed, and very cheesy, especially when the bridge teeters
This is officially the high point of Peter Jackson’s involvement with the Lord of the Rings. It is perhaps the only major deviation from the book that succeeds.
Frodo spots Gollum following them in the mines, the perfect occasion to have a conversation about a topic that has already been discussed earlier. Now would have been
Frodo and Gandalf have a heart to heart, which entails lots of close-ups and almost weeping. Minutes Watched: 1:58.42 Number of Montages: 5 Number of slow motion close-ups
